Texting messaging and email by default aren't secure with many interception points from governments to your carrier. How can you protect yourself? With a little investment and time you can.
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Social media got Donald Trump elected. Like him or not, our current president played the game and won, but you shouldn't get mad when you spew hate and spread misinformation and get fact-checked because every tweet is a decision and you have a choice to spread lies or truth.
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The Department of Justice, along with William Barr and Donald Trump continue to whine about Apple correctly protecting their users through the use of encryption.
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The government never ceases to amaze me. Full of politicians, who don't understand the technology they're trying to govern and full of individuals who don't want to govern. Today they passed a bad bill that undermines our privacy and I advise you to step UP your privacy protocols.
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Working from home is a very important concept given the current state of the world dealing with the coronavirus. If you work for a company that is technology focused, there's no excuse of why they shouldn't offer a viable work from home solution.
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Current Wink users are being slapped with a monthly fee that will start in a week. This is a move so that the company wouldn't have to sell user data. Would you pay a subscription to utilize items that you already own in your home?
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Quibi, a new streaming service aimed at your smartphone has launched and it's entire premise focuses on videos made for portrait viewing that are 10 minutes or less, with a few caveats. Is it worth the monthly charge?
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The coronavirus pandemic won't last forever and we've been creative in our ways of seeing each other virtually, working out and more. I challenge each of you to continue being this creative using the technology we have even after the pandemic is lifted.
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Let's go Apple and Google!! The two tech giants are teaming up again, this time to fight this nuisance coronavirus. We've shut down cities and more and now a technological solution is gearing up using contact tracing to help send alerts to those that have come in close contact with someone who tested positive for the virus. The solution utilizes Bluetooth low energy, but some worry about potential privacy concerns depending on who gets access to the data.
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You can get all of the fancy Bluetooth controllers you want, there are still legitimate arguments for why a traditional gaming system is better than your mobile phone.
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Prove me wrong. Internet is an essential service. Our government and governments around the world should strive to have either a free or local form of internet available throughout the country for countless individuals for work, school and play. Instead we get promises of 5G, while everyone doesn't even have access to 4G or speedy broadband. But we're racing to something new, now? Why?
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Finally there are going to be methods starting at the FCC to combat these idiotic robocalls. We all despise them and while this may not guarantee you never get another robocall in the future, it's certainly a step in the right direction.
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There's an app for that has never been a more accurate statement than now. Fears of coronavirus have us socially distancing ourselves,but that doesn't mean you cannot workout! Find an alternative means,such as an app to help keep your fitness on track.
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Donald Trump,our president,made another false claim. Anyone surprised? Google is not making a nationwide coronavirus screening site,but a company under the Alphabet umbrella, Verily, is working on a site to help in the Bay Area -- with a hope of expanding.
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With all of the well deserved fear around the coronavirus more companies are opting to allow their employees to work from home. Here are some tips!!
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No one asked for another streaming service, but AT&T is proud to give us one. This is another item being added into my "death by micropayment" discussion. As part of tech spring cleaning, let's scrutinize our monthly payments and lessen our cord-cutting costs.
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We all remember when Apple throttled older iPhones, not for nefarious reasons but due to the fact that lithium ion degrades over time and it's performance simply worsens.. However, instead of Apple letting consumers know this, they did it in the background -- now there's up to $500 million in potential settlement cash looming in the future.
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From time to time, we all need to disconnect in this ever connected world. We're always bombarded with notifications and the thought that we should always be available, let the world know and yourself know that YOU deserve time to yourself. I'll give you 3 helpful life hacks on disconnecting.
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Terms of Service matter!! Online life is real life and you do not get to say and do what you please from the cover of "being online".
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Coronavirus is sadly underreported on by our governments and it's too important not to ha e a central focus in our current conversation. Additionally, it's causing a butterfly effect in tech ; however, none of these outweigh the human aspect.
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Folding phones are popping up from the big names, Samsung and Motorola -- expect a few for companies to throw their names into the hat. However, with the concessions in battery, durability and the exorbitant price tag, this may be a trend you should pass on until further notice. Let's talk about it.
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Sometimes you to try an app,piece of hardware of our or another technological soulful solution and they may not work, this does not mean forget about them. Let's not marry one solution and forget that there are always other options.
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I want to see technology disrupt healthcare simply because our government isn't willing to do it right, so let someone give it try.
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Caucus results were supposed to be tallied by a third party app; however, due to login and authentication issues votes had to be counted the old fashioned way. Can the US actually test and build a good voting system that's accessible for all? Sometimes, you have to do the work yourself.
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Clearview AI has been in the news due to its facial recognition, data scraping and stories of helping law enforcement -- but is facial recognition and law enforcement a good thing?
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More and more headphone wearers are entering a crossroads, purchase new headphones with active noise cancellation or without -- what are the advantages with the additional cost of this feature? Spoiler: ANC is great.
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It was just a few years ago when Apple and Tim Cook took on the FBI and users rights to privacy, security and encryption on their personal devices. The government wants to overreach, as usual, and they believe there should be a way in for the "good guys", but what's stopping those bad guys from also getting in? Apple is having mud thrown at it in an attempt to pull at the heartstrings of all Americans. Here's to hoping you can see through this act and stand up for all of our rights.
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Smart lights, plugs, TVs and now are cars have smarts. Sometimes our things just need to be "dumb" and with Tesla bring cited as having unintended accelerations, let's push the case for less smart and more "dumb".
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737 Max? Does that name sound familiar? This is the same plane that has been grounded after causing 346 deaths worldwide and now it has a software flaw that can prevent takeoff. As consumers we have to demand extensive public proof and testing that these planes will NOT fail due to software. Software is here to help, but also planes and automobiles work quite fine without fancy software wizardry.
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With tensions high with Iran, it's been noted that state hackers may go after our electrical grid. Who can this affect and what else can we do to protect ourselves?
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Technology has been the disrupter of our ages. A traditional company comes along and does something great but gets stagnant and doesn't care about it's customers, suddenly an upstart creates and app and simply does "it" better -- whether it's Amazon, Google, Uber or anyone. This isn't the fault of the tech -- perhaps these traditional companies need to get with the times or better yet, do better.
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Apple, Google and Amazon all got caught with their hands in the cookie jar last year by allowing humans to review voice data -- to no one's surprise (at least not mine). This year Google is working to make Assistant more private and more feature-rich. I'm excited!
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Expect the unexpected at CES. Sony gave us a bit more than PlayStation this go around with an all new concept vehicle loaded with technology.
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It's the new year and instead of waiting for spring to clean, begin the new year by decluttering your digital Life! I've got some times for you, delete your old unused accounts, cleanup your cloud storage, get rid of unneeded hardware and apps -- this will make your technological life better and easier!
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Analysts are predicting a streaming war in 2020, it won't be between Netflix on Hulu -- it'll be on us, our dollars and our attention.
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Cox is being held liable, $ 1 billion dollars worth of liability to be exact, for users illegally downloading music. Should they be anything other than a dumb pipe? I suggest that we all hide our traffic using a VPN regardless of what we're doing online as ISPs have no right to snoop on our browsing behavior.
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Did you ever think this would happen? Even though it's been something that's needed to happen for our sanity sake and to better the consumer market it's taken far too long; however, the big 3 and the Zigbee Alliance are working to make a centralized development protocol for smart home devices aimed at privacy and security. This is a big deal.
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Instagram is rolling out a feature that will warn users if their captions contain anything offensive -- very good first steps. Will we see other social networks adopt this?
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No one likes robocalls, especially robocalls spreading fall information. What did California and the FCC do? Impose a $10 million fine. Way to go.... Way to go.
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Amazon lost the JEDI (Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure) contract to Microsoft earlier this year and their laywers allege that Donald Trump unsurprisingly had something to do with it? Is this true? I argue that large tech conglomerates shouldn't even be in this space at all because it can cause a conflict of interest.
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This is a good thing, so good it's scary. An Australian state is deploying AI to help prevent distracted drivers from ruining our roads. Expect to see this in other countries -- texting and driving can wait.
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Brand new for 2019, a reinvisioned Motorola Razr with an exceptionally designed folding display. Do they have what it takes to bring folding devices mainstream?
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The future is literally here in every way. Tesla's latest vehicle offering, coming in 2022, Cybertruck gives you 0-60 speeds in under 3 seconds, a tough as nails exterior, shatter resistant glass and more. All in a futuristic, odd, cool, crazy shell that has a similar stance as the Ford F-150.
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At $249, the Powerbeats Pro may be the best truly wireless earbuds for iPhone that you can buy. These earphones feature the same seamless connecting experience as with AirPods, great fit with hooks onto your ear and fantastic battery life. These have truly changed how I think about headphones.
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Let's talk about the state of Netflix with Disney+ officially out and millions are subscribed already.
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A new 16" MacBook Pro has been released with an updated touchbad and keyboard design (of course). Here are my thoughts.
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What would a national data privacy and security bill look like? In the United States and all over the world consumers are having their rights taken away from them as companies and governments alike take at of nonexistent or lackadaisical laws on the security of our data. Let's outline what that book may look like.
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Back when the cord-cutting trend first started, Netflix was cheap and still had DVDs, live TV streaming services didn't exist and we also didn't live in a society where every company wanted to have a streaming service.
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Data is more valuable than gold. Unfortunately, authorities often try to reach into the digital realm often for investigations and this involves harvesting the data for ALL users, not just potential guilty parties. Protect yourself.
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Way to go Google! A healthy ecosystem needs to be monitored, maintained and cared for -- bringing in help to get bad actors out of the Play Store is a good thing and we all should be happy for the state of Android moving forward.
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How low can one company go? Scandal after scandal, idiotic move after idiotic move. Facebook is allowing politicians to lie in paid ads because their lies are "newsworthy" -- yet again, a large platform is abdicating any responsibility in potential fallout from things seen on its platform. Why are people using Facebook again?
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A huge update to AirPods had been silently released, with a much needed more customizable fit. Find out what makes pro version of AirPods"pro".
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Alphabet, the parent company of Google, is in talks to acquire Fitbit. Nothing is concrete, but what will Google gain from this if they can actually manage it?
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How can a smart display change how you ambiently compute? Besides giving you a doorway into how your assistant thinks, having that dashboard or smart home command center might be enough to push you over the edge!
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CCMI is a new RCS standard, that the big four want to implement, without Google, which is pushing RCS itself. It includes many features but notably, encryption is excluded.
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Made by Google 2019 gave us new devices and service updates to the Google ecosystem including the highly leaked Pixel 4!
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Fake news has proliferated the earth, often misunderstood and miscategorized as "anything I don't like". If and only if a piece of news is designed to deliberately misinform or hoax should it be considered fake. What can tech do? Join me in this thought experiment.
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Thank you Google!! Having standards isn't bad, it provides for a great user experience across the vast amount of devices underneath the Android umbrella. This is a good thing because USB type-C is a mess.
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Thanks California for setting an example. Recently Governor Newsom signed a law that will punish those that create deepfakes published with the intent to misguide. This is a great step forward, but California cannot be the only state to do it! ||
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Misleading headlines really bug me and reading article after article touting a phone or similar device as being waterproof and just wrong -- simple. Waterproof devices don't need IP ratings, because they're just impervious to the stuff; however, water-resistant devices need these ratings to show the difference in levels of exposure that they can be subject to. Don't be fooled my friends. ||
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It's been in the works, but as of Android 10, YouTube Music now takes the place of Google Play Music as the platform's defacto music player. It's clunky but it's there. What are you using? ||
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Essentially. Google Play Pass is capitaliizing on Apple Arcadd by attemtping to one up them by offering apps as well. There are so many reasons why this is a great idea!! ||
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iOS 13 was rushed, this is no secret so b aware if you update to it; however, it brings interesting new features such as: enhanced Bluetooth controls, dark mode, animoji stickers, FaceID speed improvements and a huge shake up to gaming, Apple Arcade!

When you're an adult, you behave as an adult. There's no need to get upset over online interactions and games -- swatting is juvenile. That's exactly what happened, unfortunately, to one Young man that led to guys untimely and uncalled for death. ||
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Consumers have a RIGHT to watch what they want and how they want it -- we are the ones paying for it, right? Additionally, we shouldn't have to pay for channels that we don't watch, which is why we've seen huge upticks in popularity of streaming services. With that being said, AT&T's acquisition of DirecTV hasn't been playing out too well. ||
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Precedent is key. Creators deserve to be creative, but kids really shouldn't be targeted (no one should be over targeted to the extent that we are today). With this mentality of making everything PC should we worry about creating content in the future? ||
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The definitive 2019 Apple iPhone Event recap is here. There's nothing drastic, but the direction Apple is taking with all of their products screams maturity and polish. Let's get into it! ||
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419 million records, tied to Facebook accounts, have been exposed and subsequently taken down. This breach includes 133 million users from the US and included phone numbers, names, genders and more. What's worse is that we know nothing about the who or why this data was pulled. You should really consider pulling the plug on your Facebook account. ||
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That dopamine hit is something we naturally get when someone likes a status update from us on social media; however, it's a double-edged sword here because while it's nice to receive affirmation -- it simply adds to us being addicted to social media instead of actually living our lives. Read more here: https://www.engadget.com/2019/09/02/facebook-hiding-like-counts-test/ ||
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Apple's fall event is upon us? What do you think they'll have in store? Read more here: https://gizmodo.com/yup-were-getting-some-new-iphones-soon-1837709410 ||
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If you do not understand the tech, you shouldn't be in a position to make decisions from it. Why should someone get deported over social media posts of those that they are connected to? We all know individuals with opinions different from our own and we shouldn't be punished for it. Read more here: https://www.engadget.com/2019/08/27/student-deported-based-on-friends-social-media/ ||
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I signed up for Apple Card, it's a thing and I think it's a good thing for those with decent credit, looking for a new line of credit to jump into. With all of the tie-ins with iOS and cashbacks options -- I like this deal. ||
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It seems that every technology manufacturer wants to slap "Pro" in the name of their product. Is this just an excuse to charge consumers extra money? ||
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The Samsung Galaxy Note 10 is available for pre-order and this device is packing a serious punch. Screaming quality, this device is essentially all screen with the most promising Samsung Dex experience that we've seen. ||
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Yet... another... streaming bundle. Is anyone getting subscription fatigue yet? While this does seem promising, will this make you drop another service? Read more here: https://www.theverge.com/2019/8/6/20757626/disney-plus-espn-hulu-bundle-price-date-streaming-service ||
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Siri is not immune to having it's recordings analyzed, similar to Amazon and Google's digital assistants. This should come to not surprise of anyone, who wants a better digital assistant -- it can't get better without real people. The issue here is Apple putting itself on it's usual more private than thou pedestal.

Year after year, we hear rumors of new devices and tech and during that same time we hear reasons why they're not good or even boring. Let's stop being numb to the great technological advancements that are around us and grow to appreciate them as they continue to shape and change our world, oftentimes for the better. ||
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This should be a nightmare to every consumer. Sure, having one place to go that has all of your services and apps is great, but competition helps force these companies to be better and allows for movement as we wish between competitors. We need competition that's not mandated by the government but by us, the consumer.

You've seen it all down your timelines, your friends looking a but older. Let's talk about what's happening to your data and if you're ok with it! Facial recognition and bias is a thing and I certainly don't want this data to fall into the wrong hands. ||
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YOU -- yes, you, can do it. Lots of tech problems or issues arise that I've worked on to completion and with that comes experience, but I didn't gain that experience by shying away, I gained it by embracing the challenge. You too can become better at technology by trying it out and stepping away from that veil!! ||
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Starting off at $199 the Nintendo Switch Lite may be the gaming system you've been wanting. Read more here: https://www.engadget.com/2019/07/10/nintendo-switch-lite-price-launch-date/ ||
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Over 1000 Android apps are collecting your information even after you deny permission. This is not ok and Google will be fixing this in an Android update. Read more here: https://www.cnet.com/news/more-than-1000-android-apps-harvest-your-data-even-after-you-deny-permissions/ ||
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Friends don't let friends drive distracted. It's 2019 and we have too much technology at our fingertips that can help us avoid the need of touching our mobile devices while we're behind the wheel, we just need to practice utilizing it. ||
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Let's talk about the Lightyear One, more can be read here: https://www.engadget.com/2019/06/25/solar-powered-car-lightyear-one/ . Don't expect the One to be an answer to all of the world's problems, but it's a step in the right direction -- we just need to keep making them before it's too late. ||
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Adminstrative frees are for what exactly? We don't know and AT&T has some explaining to do regarding it. Read more here: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2019/06/att-sued-over-hidden-fee-that-raises-mobile-prices-above-advertised-rate/ ||
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Technology is great, but it can also be scary, let's make sure that we reel this in while we still can ensure that there is no bias or any other massive failures baked in to our technological future. ||
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Every since Apple unveiled Sign in with Apple at WWDC, analysts, who primarily cover Apple, are automatically writing off any other option. While I wouldn't recommend Sign in with Facebook to anyone, Google's version deserves some merit because they let you audit access from a convenient dashboard and you always know what access you're giving before it's done. ||
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There is no room for hate speech, whether that's online or offline. YouTube had a run-in with this this week, read more here: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/08/business/the-week-in-business-youtube-oil-mexico-trade.html We have to do better! Communities need to have better rules while the users need to accept responsibilities for their actions online.||
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Apple's Worldwide Developer conference keynotes always provide us with a glimpse into the future for Apple's platforms. The 2019 keynote did NOT disappoint -- Apple TV, Watch, iOS, iPad OS and Mac updates are nothing short of exciting, compelling and gives us reason to anticipate these updates in the fall. At this point, the "best" simply gets better. ||
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Huawei is in quite the predicament. The US and Donald Trump believes that are a bad entity because of their ties in with China -- but are they? What does this mean for consumers and what does it mean for Huawei if they are in fact, NOT a bad company? ||
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Deepfakes are pictures and video that have been superimposed to present themselves as truthful and reliable when the author used a technological means to create them -- meaning they are fake and the subject likely has little to no knowledge of it's existence. This will create and cause problems. See the Samsung AI Labs paper here: https://twitter.com/dmitryulyanovml/status/1131155659305705472?s=21 ||
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There's always a congressman being open arms, a reviewer upset or someone with an ill-advised post regarding a tech companies latest implementation of a new feature. Can we sit back and try to examine what they want to do instead of largely criticizing them for once so that we can do better and be better? Read about the latest Tesla drama via Consumer Reports here: https://arstechnica.com/cars/2019/05/consumer-reports-latest-autopilot-far-less-competent-than-a-human/ ||
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Sometimes people think it's all about them, in this case it's all about YOUR pockets. This trade war doesn't just hurt opposing countries, it hurts the consumers in those countries because fit the bill. It's not right and I want you to see the bigger picture. ||
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Proton Mail aims a providing a secure, privacy focused email service through the means of end to end encryption but hackers always want to get in on the inside. Let's talk about phishing and how they managed to stop it. ||
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Smartlocks control access to your home and in an age where vulnerabilities run amuck, please put some thought into whether or not this item is for you. ||
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Google I/O 2019 was kicked off with a bang. News about search, devices, Assistant and more with a privacy focused undertone. Good job, Google. ||
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Building some smarts into your home can sound daunting, but most importantly -- it is fun as long and you do what's best for you and your budget. I lay out the 4 thought experiments to go on to ensure your smarthome meets your needs. ||
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It's been a long time coming, but Google will finally allow us to auto delete location and activity data after 3 or 18 months. More and more companies are stepping up to the plate and giving us control. Read more here: https://gizmodo.com/google-introduces-new-feature-to-auto-delete-your-locat-1834453115 ||
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The Galaxy Fold made a stink last week in the tech world, but will people living outside of the tech world care? ||
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An expensive device that simply doesn't hold up over time. Someone has to call these guys out -- sure, the camera is great, but if your device lags why should we pay this premium for it? ||
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In honor of Earth Day, let's think of ways that we can use tech to do more than just create an app -- how about saving our planet? ||
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Microsoft is thankfully being very cautious with it's facial recognition technology and opting to NOT hand it over to California police. Good job Microsoft, good job. ||
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Verizon raising in-store fees is as fickle as you can be and while it's understandable, it's simply another way that carriers continue to undermine and nickel and dime it's customers at any chance it gets. ||
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This is one small step! We must remember that we're dealing with a regime and FCC that wants to be as hands-off as possible. Let's hope they understand that some regulation IST bad and it protects the consumers that THEY work for, that pay THEIR salaries -- let's hope we look at this from a consumer standpoint instead of one from the view of big business. ||
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Recent reports show that humans listen to voice recordings passed to Amazon's Echo devices (Google and Apple also allow this) but not for nefarious reasons, they listen to help parse, understand and categorize recordings and understand nuance. We should be happy about this, because as we all know bias is a real thing that AI when left untethered may introduce -- in short your assistant may not recommend the proper things or may group what you say inappropriately. Read more here: https://www.theverge.com/2019/4/10/18305378/amazon-alexa-ai-voice-assistant-annotation-listen-private-recordings ||
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Our current terrible FCC has fought hard to make the internet a business where companies thrive by throttling and prioritizing companies where ISPs should act as a dumb pipe and act as a service for all of us. Today, the Save the Internet Act (https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/1644/all-info) is making its round in hopes of reversal and to bring back those good old 2010 days of the FCC Open Internet Order (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/FCC_Open_Internet_Order_2010). If you don't care, you should. ||
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The government has NO IDEA how to regulate the internet and the firms that are on it, which is why we see BS proposal after BS proposal. These proposals are often short-sighted and can stifle innovation due to lawmakers intense lack of understanding about the products and services. Read about a new proposal here: https://techcrunch.com/2019/04/08/uk-sets-out-safety-focused-plan-to-regulate-internet-firms/ ||
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Everyone has a smartphone, but how will creators and the like attack our pockets next? ||
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No one hates Apple TV+, in fact, it's good to see a different take on streaming; however, just because you have big names and a concept does not automatically propel your service ahead of anyone else's. ||
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Netflix has made a tremendous difference on how we watch movies, for the picture, but is the academy upset that movies that don't appear in theaters can win awards? Steven Spielberg seems to think so behind closed doors -- but he should take a step back and understand the medium, like every other, is changing and either change with it or move on. Read more here: https://techcrunch.com/2019/04/02/doj-netflix-oscars/ ||
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Apple brought it big and signified that it's focus will now be on services as these are the markets that it can now capitalize on since the smartphone and tablet market have reached a high saturation point. The services introduced today have a range of start dates and a range of levels of pretentiousness. Do you see yourself subscribing to anything new? ||
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Lack of movement, differentiation and madness causes by only a few companies being viable in the technology space. It's not good, it's probably big-business and anti-consumer. ||
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We're months away from a disc-free XBox experience. At this point it makes sense, considering the fact that many games are pure digital downloads. With the introduction of Google Stadia, Google's game streaming platform, will streaming be the next move of this Xbox and future consoles? ||
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Google Stadia is announced!! Meet Google's new cloud focused gaming platform without the updates, downloads and hassles of a normal platform. Did I mention that it's packing more power than PS4 and XBox One X? Read more here: https://store.google.com/magazine/stadia ||
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Today, the Apple Store went down -- we all know what this means, updates to hardware of some kind. Today, we got a new iPad Air and a new iPad Mini, both rocking the latest A12 processors and featuring Apple Pencil support (albeit 1st Gen Apple Pencil support). ||
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The lineup is complete. Tesla just unveiled the Model Y, which looks like a cross between Model 3 and Model X. The future of electric cars continues to look better and better. ||
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It's 2019 and being politically correct in a diverse world is hard. You can't like, post or suggest something online without the fear of getting reported, blocked or ostracized from a community. Everyone is so stuck in their stupid bubbles that anything they see that's different is harmful and offensive -- it's stupid. And while on a personal scale it's ok to have your own opinions; however, when large companies such as YouTube shut down comment sections (better known informally as communities) for channels, things can get shaky. Read more here: https://www.theverge.com/2019/3/7/18250689/youtube-family-vloggers-comments-sections-minors-predator-behavior-monetization ||
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Costs matter, but why won't Apple switch all devices to the new hotness. I argue whether FaceID is truly better than TouchID. ||
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Don't believe it until you see it. Mark Zuckerberg wants Facebook to increase it's stance on privacy; however, what reason do we have to believe them? They've have breach after breach and scandal after scandal -- I suggest you don't trust them until you see the fruits of their labor. ||
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The USA Freedom Act, which allows the lovely men and women of the NSA to harvest Americans call data, will be expiring at the end of 2019. Does this mean there are no alternatives although the NSA claims they haven't utilized the system in 6 months -- I wouldn't believe it. Read more here: https://www.engadget.com/2019/03/05/nsa-mass-phone-surveillance-program-end/ ||
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Two factor authentication, which is used to secure accounts, is straight up getting abused by Facebook in a case where they have your number, they are utilizing it for lookup in a way that reminds you of the White Pages of old -- this has to stop. Read more here: https://techcrunch.com/2019/03/03/facebook-phone-number-look-up/ ||
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5G is supposed to top out at being 10x faster than 4G, but will it matter in the real world? Network congestion is still a thing. ||
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Why weren't we informed about this? If there is a microphone in any consumer facing product, especially one connected to the internet, the consumer should be notified -- in this case, Google forgot, so that makes it ok, right? Big fat no!! Read more here: https://www.engadget.com/2019/02/20/google-nest-secure-mic-forgot/ ||
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Apex Legends is quickly rising in popularity at the expense (somewhat) of it's counterparts PUBG and Fortnite, what does it mean for this industry of battle royale type games? Do the gamers have to pick sides or will everyone always migrate to the next big thing? ||
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Apparently tech platforms can't control their comments so the creators are to blame! This is how it is going to be for YouTube creators and I cannot fathom how this makes any sense at all. Read more here: https://www.thedailybeast.com/youtube-stars-panic-as-site-pulls-ads-over-concerns-about-pedophile-comments ||
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Folding devices, new Galaxy S devices with NO notch, near wearables and innovation all in one place -- what more could we ask for? Read more here: https://www.theverge.com/2019/2/20/18231545/samsung-galaxy-s10-event-biggest-announcements-folding-phone-5g-cameras-buds ||
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Eero is known for being a fantastic home mesh wifi solution with a focus on ease of use and privacy, but what pitfalls are there when a company like Amazon aquires them? Read more here: https://www.wired.com/story/amazon-eero-smart-home/ ||
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In the rumored upcoming Apple News subscription service (I'm tired of subscriptions, too) Apple wants 50% of revenue generated by publishers adding content. Not only is this bad for publishers, think of the ramifications of a walked garden approach to reading? Brainwashing anyone? Read more here: https://www.theverge.com/interface/2019/2/13/18222498/apple-news-publisher-deal-50-percent-lol ||
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Spotify has bought Gimlet and Anchor in an attempt to push itself more into the podcast space. I think that this is great for the companies involved, hopefully giving them more buzz in the industry; however, Spotify better not screw end users by walling them in into yet another "ecosystem" no one asked for. Read more here: https://techcrunch.com/2019/02/06/spotify-doubles-down-on-podcasts/ ||
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The NYPD is upset because it believes that Waze and Google Maps DUI checkpoints on maps impede and interfere with traffic stops. Does it? Or does it make drivers safer by informing them of a potential interaction with the police? Read more here: https://www.businessinsider.com/google-dui-checkpoints-on-maps-and-waze-nypd-2019-2 ||
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Let's claim it Linux fans! Let's inform others about our favorite open source operating system and show friends and family that they can be proud of free software and provide more exposure to the community. Visit http://www.distrowatch.com to find a distribution that fits you! ||
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In little over a year the In the Weeds podcast has come a long way and I have nothing more than the upmost gratitude and thanks to YOU, the listeners and followers of this podcast. The mission remains the same, to educate, inform and demistfy this wonderful world of technology that's here to stay. Here's to 200 more! Be sure to let me know what things you like me to cover, continue having fun and tell your friends and family -- I'd love to have them aboard. Until we talk again 😊.

Microsoft actually won this year's SuperBowl, not the New England Patriots -- why? Their new adaptive controller, which was released September of 2018 brings us all together to allow those with impairments to play. This is a beautiful thing, because many of us take grabbing a controller and gaming for granted, but this aims to level that playing field and allow our special friends to play with us. Read more here: https://www.businessinsider.com/xbox-adaptive-controller-super-bowl-ad-microsoft-2019-2 ||
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Short story, I don't know, but I doubt you do either. ||
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We jump at the moment where we feel like we can call someone out over stealing a user's data -- but what about when they're knowingly giving it up for research and even getting paid for it? I pull your privacy card here. Read more here: https://venturebeat.com/2019/01/30/facebook-to-pull-controversial-data-collection-app-for-ios/ ||
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